Among the raft of information we managed to gather today at the Proton Compact Car media preview event, one thing really stood out – safety.

The Proton Compact Car will come with stability control as standard on all variants, and the top 1.6 Premium model will feature six airbags. All five seat belts are of the three-point variety.

Apart from the use of Hot Press-Formed (HPF) parts and Ultra High-Strength Steel (UHSS) in its construction, the baby Proton will also have ABS with EBD, TCS, Hill Hold Assist (including for manual-gearbox variants) and rear-seat Isofix with top tether as standard across the range.

Seat belt reminders are present for all seats, and the front seat belts are height-adjustable. Both of these are also standard across the range. Airbag count is six on the 1.6 Premium and two on all the rest. The braking system features 14-inch discs at the front and eight-inch drums at the rear.

While most dream of the future, Jonathan Tan dreams of the past, although he's never been there. Fantasises much too often about cruising down Treacher Road (Jalan Sultan Ismail) in a Triumph Stag that actually works, and hopes this stint here will snap him back to present reality.

fantastic. Stablity Control standard across the range and even hill hold for manual. Look like Proton has finally arrived, and in style too. Kudos Proton, you dont know how much the Stability Control being standard even on the cheapest variant means. That plus the airbags and ABS directly translates to many many saved lives. Kudos again!

This is a very good step up for Proton.
I fear this does not automatically put Proton into the winning circle.
The Great Wall M4 is already here. About the same price. looks better and have all the safety features too and Six speed auto (instead of rubberband CVT).
I went to China recently, I can tell you GreatWall M4 isn’t really their top dog car either. More will come once the free-trade agreement is in effect.

unless P2 bring back Myvi 1.0SR at price RM35k and below (1.5SE and Extreme were in high danger of eroding sales, even 1.3 might face the same fate unless safety spec upgraded to on par with this PCC). With that kind of handling and chassis, 1 liter engine is enough already for Myvi (1.5 and even 1.3 were deemed too powerful to cope with not so sturdy chassis right now).

HAHA …..premium only got six air bags ..the rest of variant only 2 air bags …so much for safety across all their range !! Behind drums brakes also !!

Sumore pushed back to 25 Sept for launch at their plant ….sure got some hidden tech or failure on their car safety…that’s why all take back to plant to change and launch straight from there ….coz not they saying should expecting five-star safety ratings from both ASEAN NCAP and ANCAP (Australian NCAP), and, we’re told”

How come earlier on their website, already advertise five-star safety ratings from ANCAP and then after a while they quickly remove and said five-star safety ratings from ASEAN NCAP and now said should expect 5 start rating !!

Bullshit….they hiding some major fault on the car, that why delay like taik until so long to launch and now launch at TM plant !!

You jealous is it? Don’t be sad, your Myvi had its time (not sure about RV though). Like every other things, it must come to an end.
As for the delay, they could be analysing their 100,000km test run cars for faulty parts. And if they really found something, at least they delayed the launching date instead of selling faulty parts to customers, or else people like you is going to rant about how poor the QC of Proton. Grow a brain.

Brake drum not an issue bro ,
Vios all disc brake = City front disc rear drum
inch difference in stopping distance.
All about technology, efficiency,
Talk to an engineer, u will understand how and why.
**this car are light,never need all around disc brake.
It also stops better than Honda Brio,Hyundai I10 and Mitsubishi Mirage ,, so whats your problem ?

To Perodua, quoting the TV series Breaking Bad… “All BAD things must come to the end.”

ESC as STANDARD. That is like taking a fish and slapping UMW Toyota for the Vios, VW MY for the Polo 1.6, and most importantly, the Myvi.

You just got my attention Proton. Get the quality right, and the aftersales, and it is almost the end of the Myvi. I’d even bet that tomorrow morning, there is going to be an emergency meeting in Perodua, and a round of discounts are gonna be thrown out for the Myvi. They did that with the S series when the Picanto was about to be launched.

Third year with my Exora CFE Bold. Been up and down Alor Star to JB many times, stuck at Causeway and Klang Valley jams a lot more times. So far only regular servicing needed, everything working just fine. No regrets and giving me confidence to get another Proton.

Thumbs up for stability control for all PCC. Paul Tan himself wrote a piece about how very important the stability control feature is.

Sounds good. I wonder when they started development on the engine. Is it the family-Y? I heard Ricardo did some consultancy work on that. Just curious.
Also, the stopping performance and the standard safety features sounds good. If only they’d had disc brakes at the rear as well just for aesthetic appeal… I wouldn’t mind adding a few hundred RMs as it will be paid thorough instalments anyway.
Pity my Savvy is too cheap to trade in.

The new Proton will target Myvi owners whose cars are more than 5 years old especially with the withdrawal of the 3 year free service. With more colours choices, right pricing and right specs, it would not be difficult to achieve unless Myvi fights back with more features and better rebates.

It’s too bad that 6 airbags are not standard across the range…. but for a car which costs RM45k or so, there’s only so much we can ask. The fact that all of the electronic systems are standard across the range is incredibly generous of Proton. Well done guys, you have not just set yourself up nicely against Perodua’s Myvi, but more importantly, Proton has the MORAL high ground now as well. If God were watching, he’d give Proton a thumbs up too, no doubt.

The only two things that are still bugging me right now are; 1. whether or not it will really be 5 STAR ANCAP rated and 2. whether it will be called Proton Iriz or Proton Aero. Can’t sleep properly until Proton gives conformation.

Hope this car is good and have good acceleration. I bought a saga last year and for 20 months this car serve me well. Now clock nearly 80,000 km. Service every 10,000km. The only problem i’m facing is the lack of actuator on passengers side. The drumbrake is still noisy as ever.

“Apart from the use of Hot Press-Formed (HPF) parts and Ultra High-Strength Steel (UHSS) in its construction”.

Omg, is this true? It is absolutely costly by using hot press formed parts and ultra high-strength steel. This kind of method mostly found on Continental-car. Hot Press-Formed require heat up the UHSS up to 900 C degrees to stamp the shape and immediately cooling afterward. This kind of steel is hard to bend and it provide high level of safeness to the passenger.

Compare to normal Asian car using the normal steel, it use hydraulic machine to stamp the shape of the part (without heating and cooling process). This kind of part generally light weight and less strength, and most importantly is “save cost”.

It is really well done Proton on this PCC. Now I understand why Proton dare to call this PCC as Global Small Car. Can’t wait to see the real car to provide all the gadgets are true. Hehe!

Can see the sincerity of proton. By having full safety spec across all models they start to really care about customers. Unlike perutdua which only loves your money. Don’t give a shit if you skid n crash. I surely choose this over greedy perutdua even if its priced 10% more than myvi.

Have to give credit to Proton for putting safety as one of the top priorities when a lot of other foreign car manufacturers don’t really emphasize it on their Malaysian models. The Premium variant for this new car offers a whole lot more than the Myvi Extreme. It’s a better-looking car from the front as well. The back though is so-so for me. But it is feature-loaded, so I expect it to be giving the Myvi a very good run for its money. Job well done for Proton. Hopefully reliability of their cars isn’t so much of an issue anymore too nowadays.

Using high tensile steel is good for safety just like Preve, Suprima and Exora. If you overturn the roof won’t crush. Some parts of Saga FLX and BLM also have high tensile steel. With ESP/VSP you will not skid even when one wheel kena kelopak air/ water. With traction control, the car is so stable/has grip when in the rain. Formula one cars have traction control, if not melayang/terbabas when taking corners.

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